St. Eustathius Placidas icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

St. Eustathius Placidas icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Saint Efstathios, Eustachius or Eustathius. Commemorated September 20. The Holy Great Martyr Eustathius was named Placidas before his Baptism. He was a military commander under the emperors Titus (79 81) and Trajan (98 117). Once while hunting in a forest, he saw a stag which would stop now and then to look him right in the eye. Placidas pursued it on horseback, but could not catch up. The stag leaped over a chasm and stood on the

in chronological order

the Epistles of the Apostle Paul)

the martyrs are commemorated in the dismissal at the end of Church services as the holy

which appeared to be those of a martyr

where he participated in divine services and ate with the brethren

the cause of all joy

for this reason

but the monks always remembered that their monastic brother St Euphrosynus had come upon Paradise

When Jeremiah prophesied that the King of Babylon would invade Egypt and annihilate the Jews living there

The only thing that we know is that

and his body was buried by unknown Christians

Saint Sophia had three daughters: Faith (age 12)